Title :
A software design tool for real-time, data-flow architectures
Author :
Mandala, B. ; Som, S. ; Mielke, R.R. ; Stoughton, J.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe a software design tool which aids in the evaluation of performance, determination of resource requirements, and selection of operating points for an algorithm implemented in an ATAMM algorithm-to-architecture-mapping-mod defined data-flow architecture. Algorithms are restricted to the class of large-grained, decision-free algorithms. Applications include real-time implementation of control and signal processing algorithms. The ATAMM design tool is capable of determining computing time, throughput, and resource requirements for an algorithm. The applicability and the various features of the ATAMM design tool are presented through a case study involving the decomposed state equation for linear time-invariant systems
Keywords :
parallel architectures; performance evaluation; software tools; ATAMM design tool; algorithm-to-architecture-mapping-mod; computing time; control algorithms; data-flow architectures; decision-free algorithms; decomposed state equation; large grained algorithms; linear time-invariant systems; operating points; performance evaluation; real time architectures; resource requirements; signal processing algorithms; software design tool; throughput; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Process control; Signal processing algorithms; Software algorithms; Software design; Throughput; Very high speed integrated circuits; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Williamsburg, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0033-5
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1991.147831
